| Spizellomycetales | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Chytridiomycota |
| Class: | Chytridiomycetes |
| Order: | Spizellomycetales D.J.S.Barr (1980)[1] |
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Spizellomycetales is an order of fungi in the Chytridiomycetes. Spizellomycetalean chytrids are essentially ubiquitous zoospore-producing fungi found in soils where they decompose pollen. Recently they have also been found in dung and harsh alpine environments, greatly expanding the range of habitats where one can expect to find these fungi.[2][3][4]
- ^ Barr, Donald J. S (1980). "An outline for the reclassification of the Chytridiales, and for a new order, the Spizellomycetales". Canadian Journal of Botany. 58 (22): 2380–2394. doi:10.1139/b80-276.
- ^ Freeman, K.R.; et al. (2009). "Evidence that chytrids dominate fungal communities in high-elevation soils". Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 106 (Pt 43): 18315–18320. doi:10.1073/pnas.0907303106. PMC 2775327. PMID 19826082.
- ^ Wakefield, W.S.; Powell, M.J.; Letcher, P.M.; Barr, DJ.S.; Churchill, P.F. (2010). "A molecular phylogenetic evaluation of the Spizellomycetales". Mycologia. 102 (Pt 3): 596–604. doi:10.3852/09-120. PMID 20524592. S2CID 23714519.
- ^ Simmons, D.R. (2011). "Phylogeny of Powellomycetaceae fam. nov. and description of Geranomyces variabilis gen et comb nov". Mycologia. 103 (Pt 6): 1411–1420. doi:10.3852/11-039. PMID 21558503. S2CID 42641493.